{"slug": "lord-thee-my-god-ill-early-seek", "title": "Lord, Thee My God, I'll Early Seek", "first_line": "Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 63, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 63"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 63. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Lord, thee my God, I'll ear -- ly seek: my soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, where -- in no wa -- ters be:", "prose": ["Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek:", "my soul doth thirst for thee;", "My flesh longs in a dry parched land,", "wherein no waters be:"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "That I thy pow -- er may be -- hold, and bright -- ness of thy face, As I have seen thee here -- to -- fore with -- in thy ho -- ly place.", "prose": ["That I thy power may behold,", "and brightness of thy face,", "As I have seen thee heretofore", "within thy holy place."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Since bet -- ter is thy love than life, my lips thee praise shall give. I in thy name will lift my hands, and bless thee while I live.", "prose": ["Since better is thy love than life,", "my lips thee praise shall give.", "I in thy name will lift my hands,", "and bless thee while I live."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Ev'n as with mar -- row and with fat my soul shall fill -- ed be; Then shall my mouth with joy -- ful lips sing prais -- es un -- to thee:", "prose": ["Ev'n as with marrow and with fat", "my soul shall filled be;", "Then shall my mouth with joyful lips", "sing praises unto thee:"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "When I do thee up -- on my bed re -- mem -- ber with de -- light, And when on thee I med -- i -- tate in watch -- es of the night.", "prose": ["When I do thee upon my bed", "remember with delight,", "And when on thee I meditate", "in watches of the night."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "In shad -- ow of thy wings I'll joy, for thou mine help hast been. My soul thee fol -- lows hard; and me thy right hand doth sus -- tain.", "prose": ["In shadow of thy wings I'll joy,", "for thou mine help hast been.", "My soul thee follows hard; and me", "thy right hand doth sustain."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Who seek my soul to spill shall sink down to earth's low -- est room. They by the sword shall be cut off, and fox -- es' prey be -- come.", "prose": ["Who seek my soul to spill shall sink", "down to earth's lowest room.", "They by the sword shall be cut off,", "and foxes' prey become."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Yet shall the king in God re -- joice, and each one glo -- ry shall That swear by him; but stopped shall be the mouth of li -- ars all.", "prose": ["Yet shall the king in God rejoice,", "and each one glory shall", "That swear by him; but stopped shall be", "the mouth of liars all."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}